Continuing the Cooperating Center Search

Hi everyone! I’m back with an update on my search for a cooperating center. While “speed dating” potential cooperating centers, I was able to visit five schools, each of which had many unique qualities that made up a strong agriculture program and showed great potential for my student teaching experience. While I will not be sharing which schools were my favorite in this blog post, I do hope to highlight one quality from each school that really stood out to me. The first school that I was able to visit was Derry Area High School. Derry had a lot of great facilities and a very strong FFA program. For me, the highlight of the Derry agricultural program was the variety of facilities that they had available to help their students learn. This included a food science lab, a floral lab, two greenhouses, and so much more. I really loved how Derry could offer students so many hands on learning opportunities. The next school that I was able to visit was Greenwood Area High Schoo...